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Happy New Year!

Discussion in 'Everything Else Orchid' started by Chuck-NH, Jan 1, 2018.

  1. Jan 1, 2018 #1
    Chuck-NH

    Chuck-NH Well-Known Member

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    Best wishes to all! Here are a few plants in bloom now to celebrate the New Year!

    Masdevallia Dennis Riphenburg (a racemosa hybrid)
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    Maxillaria (Camaridium) scalariformis
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    Sophronitis wittigiana and coccinea
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    Bulbophyllum ankylochele (first time blooming and just opening)
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    Greenhouse in the cold (-25 C at night questions my sanity)

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  2. Jan 1, 2018 #2
    John Klinger

    John Klinger Active Member Supporting Member

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    Your plants look beautiful, don't like the outside photo, a little cool. And Happy New Year also.
     
  3. Jan 1, 2018 #3
    DPfarr

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    Cheers to a better year than 2017!
     
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  4. Jan 1, 2018 #4
    KellyW

    KellyW Orchid wonk Staff Member Supporting Member

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    Brrr... that looks cold. It is 67F here now and 88 in the greenhouse. I need to go open a window.

    That is a nice group of flowers to start the new year.

    Best wishes for a great year.
     
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  5. Jan 1, 2018 #5
    Kipper

    Kipper CoffeeCoffeeCoffee... Supporting Member

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    A Happy New Year to all of you guys! That last photo is the only way I like snow. In a picture. Or maybe on a postcard.
     
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  6. Jan 1, 2018 #6
    Chuck-NH

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    I don't mind the snow...it's the cold that really gets into the bones.
     
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  7. Jan 2, 2018 #7
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    A happy new year! Wow, your place seems to be colder than interior Alaska (since it is crazy warm this winter)!
     
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  8. Jan 2, 2018 #8
    Chuck-NH

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    That is really weird Naoki! I remember Gakona, where the only reason they would cancel the Copper Basin 300 Dog sled race was if the the temperature was less than -50 F. And that was only because the snowmobiles used for setting the tracks wouldn't run that cold
     
  9. Jan 3, 2018 #9
    naoki

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    Yes, it has been screwed up recently. We consider -30-40F to be pretty cold, we used to have a couple stretches of these very cold temp. But not too much recently. I haven't experienced -50F, but he car tires get frozen around -40F, and they aren't round, so we get bumpy ride for the first 5-10 min. Below -10F is quite cold, but above 0F, most people don't mind doing outdoor things. We have had only a couple days which goes below -10F this year, so it has been very nice winter! Indeed, it is 20F today!
     
  10. Jan 3, 2018 #10
    Kipper

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    Naoki, I really can not even imagine what -40 would be like. I am very unhappy if it is below 40 degrees F.
     
  11. Jan 3, 2018 #11
    naoki

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    It is something you might want to experience at least once! The first winter here was a bit scary and exciting. My friend in Lubbock, TX, mentioned that it snowed there recently. Did it snow in Dallas area, too?
     
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    Kipper

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    I actually saw sand size snowflakes for about three minutes! Had me worried there for a second...
     
  13. Jan 3, 2018 #13
    Chuck-NH

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    Well I drove in an ice storm one morning from Ft. Worth to Austin a few years back and when I got to the office in Austin, nobody was there! You Texans just don't experience the frozen precipitation enough . We are supposed to get a foot of snow tomorrow, but then 40 MPH wind and followed by between -20 and -30 F on Saturday night. Lost my primary heat for the greenhouse the other night. I Have a back up, but then there is no backup . Fixed now...was a problem with the gas regulator. I'm going to have to sell off a lot of the orchids to pay for this Winter's heating bill!
     
  14. Jan 10, 2018 #14
    Pawpaw

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    Hi Chuck, I have only seen snow twice in my lifetime and I am 70. Once in Europe and once in Tasmania, Aust. and it was only very light overnight snow. both when on holidays.
    I think I prefer my temps, lowest 0 degrees for a few days in the early morning and up to the 40s in summer and these temps are Celsius not sure of the conversion rate to F.
    Eric
     
  15. Jan 11, 2018 #15
    Chuck-NH

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    Hi Eric, 0C is +32F and 0F is about -18C. I like your lower temperatures but, 40's would be way too hot for me that's over 100F...that would kill most of my cool growers